Obverse description	Above there is the Small Coat of Arms of Ukraine with the semicircular inscription НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ (National Bank of Ukraine), in the coin center, within the octagonal cartouche, there is depicted a shield with the emblem of the National Bank of Ukraine thereon - allegorical figures of griffins with the hryvnia (monetary-weight unit of Kyivan Rus) placed between them. This emblem symbolizes safeguarding and augmentation of the country`s gold reserves. On the coin obverse there are indicated the coin face value, coin issue year, as well as the indications of the metal and its fineness and coin weight in fineness.
Obverse script	Cyrillic
Obverse lettering	НАЦІОНАЛЬНИЙ БАНК УКРАЇНИ 2014 П`ЯТЬ ГРИВЕНЬ
Reverse description	There is depicted the Taxiarch Archangel Michael (Orthodoxy accords him the title `Archistrategos`), one of the most honorable Bible characters well-known for winning a victory over evil and being a patron of warriors, the sick and the suffering; there is a circular inscription: …ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА/ FOR US AND SOLES OF RIGHTEOUS MEN, AND ARCHISTRATEGOS MICHAEL`S STRENGTH (lines from T. Shevchenko`s `Haydamaks`).
Reverse script	Cyrillic
Reverse lettering	...ЗА НАС І ДУШІ ПРАВЕДНИХ, І СИЛА АРХІСТРАТИГА МИХАЇЛА...
Edge	Sectoral corrugation
Mint	National Bank of Ukraine Banknote Printing and Minting Works, Kyiv, Ukraine (1998-date)
Mintage	2011  - - 3 000 2012  - - 3 500 2013  - - 5 300 2014  - - 3 800 2015  - - 7 500 2016  - - 2 000
Catalog ID	2202724150
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